New Demos in 4.4.2

The new DIRSIG 4.4.2 release includes 10 new demos, bringing the total number of these feature focused simulations to 53. Some of these demos have been briefly discussed in other posts (for example, the expanded Geometry Primitives and Bayer Pattern Focal Plane demos). The following is a list of the new demos in the 4.4.2 release:

• Bayer pattern focal plane
• A set of example BRDF materials
• LIDAR returns from a sloped surface
• LIDAR returns from sub-pixel structures
• A geo-synchronous, exo-atmospheric "moon-like" satellite
• A 4-camera, division-of-aperture polarization system
• A 2x2 microgrid division-of-array (focal plane) polarization system
• An expanded set of primitive geometry objects
• An extended-area, directly viewable source
• An advanced UV mapping example

Like the other demos included with DIRSIG, each demo is a self-contained simulation that can be easily downloaded (from within your local installation), unzip and run without any modifications. We consider these demos an excellent way to learn the basics of a given feature. Although most of the simulations are simple, the idea is to use them as a working example that can be expanded into a new simulation or incorporated into your existing simulations.